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Marshall County, Indiana Obituaries
Friday, September 05, 2003
Born in Nokomis, Ill., on November 11, 1929, he was the son of Wesley Wayne and Edna
Buchholz Hardy. He graduated from Pana High School, Pana, Ill., in 1947.
Jim and Esther G. Poulos were married in San Bernardino, Calif., on February 25, 1951.
He worked first as a truck driver, then a lineman, and retired as a mechanic for the Del Monte
Corp., Plymouth, for 23 years, retiring in 1990.
He loved to fly model airplanes and putting together puzzles. He could build anything and in his
wood working shop he made birdhouses, foot stools and, even up to his death, was working on
a hobby horse for a great-grandchild.
He and his wife Esther enjoyed riding their two-seater, three-wheeled tricycle through River
Park and the adjoining area.
He was a member of REACT and of the Marshall County Civil Defense. In the 1960s when the
tornadoes came through, Jim was on the Marshall County Red Cross Disaster team. He also
had donated numerous gallons of blood to help others.
Jim is survived by Esther, his wife of 52 years and by their three sons and a daughter, their
children and grandchildren.
His sons and their wives are: Ronald D. and Laurie Hardy and Marvin D. and Jodie Hardy, all of
Plymouth, and Steven R. and Carla Hardy of Carmel, Ind.
Daughter Yvonne and Jerry Rindfield live in Bremen.
A sister, Evelyn and Ralph Hamell, Syracuse, Ind., and a brother, Donald and Maxine Hardy,
Plymouth, survive as well.
Jim was preceded in death by his parents, an infant daughter, Diane Elaine Hardy who died on
October 5, 1953, and a sister, Lorene Lockwood and a brother, Jerry Hardy.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Monday, April 14, 2003, at the Johnson-Danielson Funeral
Home, 1100 N. Michigan St., Plymouth.
Funeral services conducted by Pastor Wesley Brubaker will be held on Tuesday, April 15,
2003, at 11 a.m. in the funeral home.
Burial will be in New Oakhill Cemetery, Plymouth.
Gifts in Jim’s memory may be made to the American Heart Association, Marshall Co. Chapter.
or to a charity of the donor’s choice.
Onie Bell Harrington
Johnson & Danielson Funeral Home
Onie Bell Harrington, 76, 11385 13th Road, Plymouth, died of natural causes at 11:23 a.m. in
St. Joseph Regional Medical Center, Plymouth, on Friday, March 21, 2003.
Bell, as she was known, was born in Cullman, Ala., on July 7, 1926. She was the daughter of
Ollie Speegle. She attended schools in Cullman.
On October 30, 1949, in Bremen, Ind., Bell and Kenneth Harrington were married.
She was a homemaker and a mother. She enjoyed reading books, crocheting, fashioning yarn
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